12 Things To Put In Your Miso Soup
Miso soup is Japan's favorite soup. It's practically a mandatory component of a well rounded Japanese breakfast. For example, if a hotel breakfast in Japan didn't provide miso soup — people would be a little shocked. It would be like breakfast without coffee.
Miso soup is also commonly served at lunch and dinner. It's a Japanese soul food.
Miso soup comes in endless varieties. Much like a sandwich, there are few rules. The following 12 ingredients are amongst the most popular.
1. Dashi
Dashi is the sole of miso soup. It's a simple soup stock of umami tasting ingredients soaked or simmered in water.
In some dubious cases, Japanese restaurants outside Japan make miso soup without dashi (using a Western soup stock). This isn't really miso soup.
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